Massachusetts Appeals Court· 11/20/1992
Commonwealth v. Caraballo
Citations
- 602 N.E.2d 1110
- 33 Mass. App. Ct. 616
- 1992 Mass. App. LEXIS 930
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- no constructive possession where defendant stood in common hallway immediately outside his apartment next to chair above which bags of cocaine were concealed in ceiling
- no constructive possession where defendant seen standing in common hallway outside open door to his apartment next to chair above which drugs secreted in ceiling
- consciousness of guilt could not reasonably be inferred from defendant’s failure to answer questions from men he did not know were police officers
- defendant found standing next to chair, under concealed drugs in the ceiling of a common hallway close to his apartment, entitled to required finding of not guilty on charge of possession in absence of any evidence connecting drugs or drug activity to his apartment
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Judges: Perretta, Fine, Gillerman
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SespedesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-16· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-02-21· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. FrongilloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-07-10· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. FriasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-07-15· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. Dagraca-TeixeiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-03-16· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. AraujoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-05-19· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. Rodriguez-DiazMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-05
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-30· cited 161×
- Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-13· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. BeckettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-09-14· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. MerolaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-08-08· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-03-12· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. AriasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-12-18· cited 72×
- United States v. Systems Architects, Inc., United States of America v. Karen Y. Pan, United States of America v. George S. PanFirst Circuit· 1985-05-20· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. CroftMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-11-28· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. SendeleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-11-14· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. SaezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-01-13· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. CaterinoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-12-19· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. EramoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-30· cited 21×
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